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Turn toFundamental Neurosciencefor a thorough, clinically relevant understanding of this complicated subject! Integrated coverage of neuroanatomy, physiology, and pharmacology, with a particular emphasis on systems neurobiology, effectively prepares you for your courses, exams, and beyond.

Key Features

Easily comprehend and retain complex material thanks to the expert instruction of Professor Duane Haines, recipient of the Henry Gray/Elsevier Distinguished Teacher Award from the American Association of Anatomists and the Distinguished Teacher Award from the Association of American Colleges.

New to This Edition

Retain key information and efficiently study for your exams with clinical highlights integrated and emphasized within the text.

Contents

Section 1: Essential Concepts

1. Orientation to Structure and Imaging of the Central Nervous System 2. The Cell Biology of Neurons and Glia 3. The Electrochemical Basis of Nerve Function 4. The Chemical Basis for Neuronal Communication 5. Development of the Nervous System

Section 2: Regional Neurobiology

6. The Ventricles, Choroid Plexus, and Cerebrospinal Fluid 7. The Meninges 8. A Survey of the Cerebrovascular System 9. The Spinal Cord 10. An Overview of the Brainstem 11. The Medulla Oblongata 12. The Pons and Cerebellum 13. The Midbrain 14. A Synopsis of Cranial Nerves of the Brainstem 15. The Diencephalon 16. The Telencephalon

Section 3: Systems Neurobiology

17. The Somatosensory System I: Tactile Discrimination and Position Sense 18. The Somatosensory System II: Touch, Thermal Sense, and Pain 19. Viscerosensory Pathways 20. The Visual System 21. The Auditory System 22. The Vestibular System 23. Olfaction and Taste 24. Motor System I: Peripheral Sensory, Brainstem, and Spinal Influence on Anterior Horn Neurons 25. Motor System II: Corticofugal Systems and the Control of Movement 26. The Basal Nuclei 27. The Cerebellum 28. Visual Motor Systems 29. Visceral Motor Pathways 30. The Hypothalamus 31. The Limbic System 32. The Cerebral Cortex 33. The Neurologic Examination

Authors

Duane E. Haines, PhD, FAAAS, FAAA, Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy, and Professor of Neurology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Professor Emeritus, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences, and Professor of Neurology and of Neurosurgery, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi